Spanking?

Depends.

It's such a good way of teaching kids it's ok for bigger people to hit smaller ones. I just love it when I hear of kids who've been physically abused by their parents getting big enough to hit back

I believe the occasional limited use of spanking in chronic circumstances may have some benefit, but usually parents should refrain from corporal punishment.

I'd be in full support of spanking if the science said it was extremely effective, but alas, scientific studies indicate otherwise.

Personally, I wouldn't call it child abuse (depending on the severity and reason for it), but I think it's a last resort kind of thing if the spanking is legitimate.

Parents should be able to teach their children a lesson without laying their hands on them.

I just can't find enough benefits , the cons far out weigh the pros . I think words and valuable teaching is always the best method .

There's a big difference between spanking, and face-spanking. Pro spanking. Anti face-spanking.

Whoop that ass

Our two teenage daughters still get spanked when it is necessary. They also get corner time if they did something that was really off limits.

Naughty children, young and older, need their pants taken down and their bare bottoms soundly spanked over the lap of adult authority. They have the choice: they can either behave or be spanked. A firm application of palm, paddle and/or strap on the bare backside makes it clear that a child is nobody's boss.

Spanking minors is abuse.
Spanking adults can be great fun!

It should only be used as a last resort and if the child did something truly awful. And even then it shouldn't leave bruising or draw blood. That'd be messed up.

I think in today;s world only a mild spanking would be considered permissible---I grew up in 60's and paddling was my parents form of discipline for us boys and if it was something serious we got paddled bare thru high school Yet I had a very happy childhood and always had a close relationship with my parents- getting your bare butt paddled was just the norm then---things have changed alot so today I would not do it or defend it--growing up then we just thought we needed it every so often

My parents were very strict. I along with my younger brother were often given the strap. My father who believed in "spare the rod spoil the child", definitely did not spare the rod. Whenever I pushed the boundaries or did something my parents deemed unacceptable I was in for a strapping.
Their form of punishment was painful and humiliating. When did something wrong, I would get called into the living room. Once there I was told to get ready for the strap. I remove my pants and underwear, and be interrogated by my father. This part was worst than the strap.
I'd answer his questions as best as I could, the anxiety and fear that would build up inside of me would often cause me to start blubbering and giving coy answers that would only make matters worse.
During this phase I would start tearing up and really have a hard time answering.
Eventually the interrogation would end and the dreaded words "Go get the Strap" would come out. I would go retrieve it whimpering and hand it to my father while asking to be punished.
Once he had the strap, he tell me to turn around, bend over and don't move. If I moved I got extra. The count was my age, plus extra.
Many years later I still feel the shame and embarrassment from those punishments.

I prefer to spank the mothers.

I got spanked when I was a kid. No biggie. My parents told me that they used to be caned and they went to school with scars on their legs. Now THAT's abuse.

Beat the shit out of that motherfucker

If I was naughty I got a smack..
Yes.. I was a little naughty at times :P

There are times when I think my niece could use a smack on the ass.

Pro spanking.Whoever thinks sweet words alone will make a child learn a lesson is nuts and will have the most turbulant parenting.
Personaly i was whipped,sometimes with good reason sometimes not but all round i believe i am now the better for it.Nowdays me and mother laugh about the spanks she used to give me....though she claims she doesnt remember most of those incidences hehehe.

As a preschooler, I got spanked twice a week just for general principles. As an adult, I was always very cold to my parents. In this way, I did not interfere with their fantasy perception of "my greatness".

My mom spanked me a lot when I was young and it made me despise her. She did it really hard. She slapped me right across the jaw a few times, enough that the skin turned red and rose up. Sometimes she would grab my face in her hand and squeeze as she was angry.